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No extraction of forwarded part

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#74 opened on Jan 28, 2016

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Description

If i get the code right it is intended that

reply = quotations.extract_from_plain(body)

does not extract forwarded messages?

So something like:

test

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "test" test@example.com Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 4:31:32 PM Subject: test

testmail

will be ignored and returned as is/a part of reply?

Would it be possible to extract forwarded messages just like replies?

So either chop the forwarded part with quotations.extract_from_...(body) or a dedicated function to run against the body if reply equals body?

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Examine the `quotations.extract from plain` function and understand how it separates replies. Then extend it to also detect and extract forwarded message parts, perhaps by adding a new function like `extract forwarded` or modifying the existing one to handle both.
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